2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates

2008 Democratic presidential candidates

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Nominee Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Home state Illinois New York States carried 29 + D.C 21 Popular vote 17,584,692 17,857,501

Democratic Primary Results. Purple denotes Obama win, and gold a Clinton win.

Democratic presidential candidate before election John Kerry Democratic presidential candidate-elect Barack Obama

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In the United States 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, the total number of delegates was 4050 (797 unpledged super delegates and 3,253 pledged elected delegates). Delegates required for nomination were 2118.